ICT Focus Honored
for Outstanding Contribution in Promoting ICT
May 13th, 2003 The magazine received the first-ever AISI Media Award, for which over 80 applications were submitted from all over Africa, in recognition of its outstanding work in print media that promotes the Information Society. More...
Research ICT Africa! seeks to fulfil a strategic gap in the development of a sustainable information society and knowledge economy on the African continent by building information communication technology (ICT) policy and regulatory research capacity in Africa needed to inform effective governance. http://www.researchictafrica.net/
ICT Africa is a NEPAD council continental Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) event addressing a wide range of ICT issues in Africa. NEPAD Council's 2008 ICT Africa event was organized as an integral part of NOVATECH - The ICT Africa Marketplace in collaboration with Pro-Invest - www.proinvest-eu.org. Pro-Invest is a common initiative of the European Commission (EC) and Institutions from the ACP States (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) to stimulate Euro-African cooperation. http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/
Meeting the networking needs of the pan-African eLearning and distance education sector, the annual eLearning Africa conference is the key networking venue for practitioners and professionals from Africa and all over the world. http://www.elearning-africa.com/
A truly Africa wide ICT Awards programme, endorsed by Nepad, the African ICT Achievers Programme, has at its core a central theme, one that touches the lives of all Africans, namely to "Make the African Century a Reality". Since its inception in 1998, the African ICT Achievers Programme has built a strong foundation of recognition and reward for those
ICT individuals and organisations who have made a difference to the ICT industry in Africa. http://www.forgeahead.co.za/achievers/index.asp
The African ICT Best Practices Forums serve as a practical way for high level officials from across Africa to share their own specific experiences and demonstrate practical examples of successful technology solutions in their respective countries. They also allow for such solutions to be more easily replicated, particularly given the skills shortfall in the region. http://www.ictbestpractices.net/
The ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD) is responsible for the Harnessing Information for Development work of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). ISTD is an integrated information service and resource center for Africa, making quality information on African development globally accessible and assisting ECA member States to build national capacities in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for accelerated and sustainable development. http://www.uneca.org/DISD/ict/
Since 1987 has been focused on its core business of facilitating the development of ICT in Africa. They have three core areas of business: conference and exhibition organisation; training; and publishing. http://www.aitecafrica.com/
This website has been created and is maintained in the framework of the EuroAfriCa-ICT project, a support action funded by the European Commission Directorate General Information Society and Media ( DG INFSO ) through its 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development ( FP7 ). The EuroAfriCa-ICT project builds upon the achievements reached by the START project (IST-6-45377-SSA). http://www.euroafrica-ict.org/
COMESA is actively involved in projects in the ICT sector.
ICT Policy/Legislation, ICT Regulatory Guidelines, Associations, Projects http://www.comesa.int/ict